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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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